Example sentences of "out [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Thursday we were taken out to see a revolutionary opera , and it was quite an experience , especially as we were sitting in the 2nd row of the stalls , within ear-splitting distance of the gongs and drums which play a large part in the orchestral accompaniment . |
| 2 | Driver Mr Alex McClymont got out to report a faulty signal by telephone . |
| 3 | He told the packed church : ‘ The gunman went out to kill a British soldier and he missed . |
| 4 | MERSEYSIDE Olympic hero Chris Boardman today set out to spearhead a new drive for better health in the region . |
| 5 | Concurrently two commissions were sent out to conduct a searching investigation into the condition of the southern forests ; the articles of their inquiry followed the usual pattern of those of the Forest Eyre . |
| 6 | A whole cupboard may be turned out to find a forgotten toy and then the clearing up , sorting and re-packing becomes an activity in itself . |
| 7 | Armed with this hypothesis , they set out to find a convenient way of reducing carbon monoxide that might avoid the expensive catalysts and energy intensive conditions of Fischer-Tropsch chemistry — an industrial process that converts carbon monoxide and hydrogen synthesis gas to mixtures of organic compounds . |
| 8 | Set up by one of Britain 's top tennis players , Sarah Loosemore , it 's out to redress a sporting imbalance . |
| 9 | LAMBS for live export could pose the biggest problem for the Scottish sheep industry as it sets out to establish a European Community approved national identification scheme before the July 1994 deadline . |
| 10 | In the London County Council elections of 1937 the Party " went all out to secure a Labour victory " . |
| 11 | SAVE 's report , The Scourge of Britain 's High Streets , set out to provide a visual record of the damage , canvas the views of those on the spot ( i.e. local planning officers and civic societies ) , and find examples of successful sensitive treatment . |
| 12 | But I do n't set out to impose a cathartic experience on my readers . |
| 13 | The Clean Air Act of 1970 set out to create a healthy atmosphere for the population within less than a decade , but even by the 1990s this has not been achieved and it is now expected that some urban areas will not achieve healthy air until well into the next century . |
| 14 | There were two main recommendations — a flood warning scheme should be established , but as important , an in-depth study should be carried out to create a hydraulic model for Perth and look for flood alleviation measures . |
| 15 | In other words , the choreographer should set out to create a particular style for the whole dance design , yet within it be free to vary the way of performing a step without breaking away from or distorting the overall rhythmic quality and phrasing of his enchaînements . |
| 16 | When we go out to visit a new client — we look at the needs of the sufferer and the carer . |
| 17 | Beschastnikh broke down the Liverpool right and found Radchenko unattended 10 yards out to sweep a comprehensive finish past the unprotected Hooper and stun Anfield into silence . |
| 18 | The idea was that a 486 user would rush out to buy a new processor for her or his machine as they became available and this facility would mean the death of the 386 . |
| 19 | Before rushing out to buy a new bathroom suite , you need to think carefully about how the room is used . |
| 20 | A 13-year-old white kid living in Kensal Green going out to buy a Blind Lemon Jefferson album , I ask you ! |
| 21 | If the flow rate should increase for any reason , the lava may burst out over the levees , flooding out to form a new branch of the main flow , and this ‘ break out ’ will itself rapidly become established between levees . |
| 22 | When we 'd hung up , I sent Miss Hinkle out to do a little marketing . |
| 23 | This means that their spins are guaranteed to cancel each other out to give a total spin of zero . |
| 24 | Even out to give a maximum thickness of 50mm . |
| 25 | Clearly any break is a disadvantage in a section that sets out to typify a whole division of geological time , but here it is worse , for one of those breaks is now thought ( at least by one eminent British palaeontologist ) to conceal the whole of the British Portlandian . |
| 26 | At first glance , you may wonder how the history of a single event could possibly be spun out to fill a 255-page epic , but this is far from a specialist lap-by-lap potted report of each race . |
| 27 | When stimulated by contact the dart shoots out to impale a passing animalcule as prey . |
| 28 | But it was only in the 1950s that Greece set out to build a serious manufacturing sector — and immediately , unlike the Koreas and Spains of the world , found it was not capable of it . |
| 29 | Soon he would be going out to start a new life . |
| 30 | No need to lick — just bend , peel and stick … the Royal Mail 's out to educate a new generation of stamp users . |